Living for another time and another place

All God’s Ways are Pleasing

I was surprised how loud I gasped when I saw the moon this morning. It was spectacular, large, reddish and almost full (tonight is full I think). It was only a brief glimpse as it was so close to the horizon; I had to drive out of my way to find another glimpse of it. Wow! What a great God!

On Tuesday, as our family was in the car on the way home, we were enjoying a beautiful evening sky (it had a tempestuous and wildly unsettled look to it); Haddon inquired why God made it like that. My reply was that He made it just for us to enjoy. If no one else in the world stopped to notice it, my family had amazement in our eyes as our “wows!” and “that’s so cool” were glorifying God and drawing the attention to Him. We do that with the sky and animal books and cool trees and ants and answered prayers.

Karsten and Haddon and Lincoln are my future men. Right now they have two primary jobs (they’ve always known the first one but the second one was formally added in September). Job #1 is to obey. Job #2 is to be sweet. We find these rules to be quite comprehensive.

Chrissy and I have jobs too in our family, and one of our primary jobs is to “in all our ways acknowledge Him.” We find this rule to be quite comprehensive, too.

Did you know that when the moon is on the horizon and looks huge that it is no closer to the earth than when it is high up in the sky? Did you know that scientist cannot explain why it looks larger at some times more than others and that there are only theories?

Jonathan Edwards

"The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven fully to enjoy God is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husbands or wives or children, or the company of earthly friends are but shadows; God is the substance. These are but the scattered beams; God is the sun. These are but streams; God is the ocean."